{"id":118076,"date":"2019-10-24T06:13:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T13:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=118076"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:41:28","slug":"ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Palms Casino Rape Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawyers for Cristiano Ronaldo have asked a Nevada judge to either dismiss a lawsuit<\/a> accusing the soccer superstar of raping a woman at the Palms Casino Las Vegas a decade ago, or to order out-of-court mediation.<\/p>\n

\"Cristiano
Ronaldo maintains what happened at the Palms Casino penthouse suite in 2009 was consensual. But leaked documents could suggest otherwise. (Image: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Las Vegas resident Kathryn Mayorga has waived her right to anonymity and is suing the Portuguese star for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, coercion, fraud, abuse of a vulnerable person, and for engaging in a \u201ccriminal conspiracy\u201d to obstruct a police investigation into the alleged crime.<\/p>\n

Mayorga claims Ronaldo \u2013 hailed as one of the greatest soccer players of all time — attacked and sodomized her in his Penthouse suite at The Palms in 2009, while she repeatedly screamed, \u201cNo!\u201d It is something he officially denies.<\/p>\n

As per the newly filed documents from the Ronaldo camp, “Mr. Ronaldo has always maintained that this was a consensual encounter.”<\/p>\n

Hush Money<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Except that documents obtained by German news magazine Der Spiegal <\/em>via the Football Leaks <\/em>website allegedly record a confidential conversation between Ronaldo and his lawyer, in which a person alleged to be Ronaldo admits that intercourse with Mayorga was not consensual. Ronaldo\u2019s legal team claims these documents were stolen and falsified by cyber criminals.<\/p>\n

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Mayorga\u2019s lawsuit also includes an unnamed team of legal \u201cfixers\u201d as defendants in the case. According to the suit, these were \u201cpersonal reputation specialists,\u201d employed by Ronaldo, who began following her and her friends and family after the alleged rape in order to \u201cdevelop and implement a strategy\u201d to make the problem go away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mayorga claims she was then \u201ccoerced\u201d into signing a settlement and non-disclosure agreement, which led to her agreeing not to pursue charges in return for $375,000 in hush money. Her lawyers argue this was designed to derail a police investigation into a criminal act.<\/p>\n

Psychological Trauma<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mayorga filed a police report in 2009. But \u201cthe psychological trauma of the sexual assault, the fear of public humiliation and retaliation, and the reiteration of those fears by law enforcement and medical providers left plaintiff terrified and unable to act or advocate for herself,\u201d asserts the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo\u2019s lawyers have said the settlement was not an admission of guilt. Their client was merely following the counsel of his advisers in an attempt to \u201cput an end to the outrageous accusations made against him,\u201d they claim.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas police reopened the case when the lawsuit surfaced last year. But Ronaldo\u2019s motion to dismiss comes after Clark County District Attorney\u2019s Office ultimately opted not to prosecute<\/a> on the grounds that the allegations against the soccer player could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawyers for Cristiano Ronaldo have asked a Nevada judge to either dismiss a lawsuit accusing the soccer superstar of raping a woman at the Palms Casino Las Vegas a decade ago, or to order out-of-court mediation. Las Vegas resident Kathryn Mayorga has waived her right to anonymity and is suing the Portuguese star for battery, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":118078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRonaldo Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Palms Casino Rape Case<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ronaldo rape case: soccer player files motion to dismiss or mediate after Las Vegas police say they will not prosecute for lack of evidence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ronaldo Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Palms Casino Rape Case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ronaldo rape case: soccer player files motion to dismiss or mediate after Las Vegas police say they will not prosecute for lack of evidence.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-24T13:13:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-24T17:41:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ronald.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2802\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/\",\"name\":\"Ronaldo Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Palms Casino Rape Case\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ronald.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-24T13:13:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-24T17:41:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Ronaldo rape case: soccer player files motion to dismiss or mediate after Las Vegas police say they will not prosecute for lack of evidence.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-lawyers-file-motion-to-dismiss-palms-casino-rape-case\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ronald.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ronald.jpg\",\"width\":4200,\"height\":2802,\"caption\":\"Ronaldo maintains what happened at the Palms Casino penthouse suite in 2009 was consensual, but leaked documents could suggest otherwise. 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